MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031800F004.rap.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/atlas/data/models/rap/2508031800F004.rap.sound Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 20 Date: 4 hour RUC valid 22Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.00,-101.74 Latitude: 39.00 Longitude: -101.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 96 1 950 538 2 900 1022 SFC 893 1091 29.7 16.8 46 12.9 20.6 161 5 312.9 315.5 297.7 354.8 13.60 4 850 1527 24.0 14.8 56 9.2 17.7 167 4 311.3 313.7 296.6 349.9 12.59 5 800 2053 19.4 12.8 66 6.6 15.0 198 2 311.8 314.0 296.1 347.8 11.71 6 750 2605 15.0 9.1 68 5.8 11.3 319 6 312.8 314.7 295.0 343.0 9.75 7 700 3185 10.3 4.6 68 5.7 6.9 320 12 313.9 315.4 293.7 337.7 7.63 8 650 3796 5.3 -0.5 66 5.8 2.2 317 18 314.9 316.0 292.5 332.9 5.68 9 600 4444 -0.2 -6.5 62 6.3 -3.1 314 25 315.9 316.6 291.3 328.5 3.92 10 550 5134 -5.6 -12.2 60 6.6 -8.2 315 29 317.4 317.9 290.6 326.3 2.72 11 500 5873 -10.3 -18.4 51 8.2 -12.9 319 30 320.5 320.9 290.7 326.6 1.79 12 450 6676 -15.6 -22.9 53 7.3 -17.6 322 31 323.6 323.9 291.2 328.3 1.34 13 400 7552 -22.1 -31.9 41 9.8 -23.9 323 37 326.2 326.4 291.3 328.6 0.66 14 350 8519 -29.6 -37.7 45 8.1 -30.7 318 38 328.8 328.9 291.8 330.4 0.42 15 300 9598 -37.7 -45.4 45 7.7 -38.4 320 47 332.2 332.2 292.6 333.0 0.22 16 250 10837 -43.8 -64.2 9 20.4 -44.5 327 75 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.03 17 200 12313 -49.6 -70.1 7 20.6 -50.0 323 63 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.02 18 150 14179 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.5 -55.5 290 44 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16694 -64.6 -85.7 4 21.1 -64.8 268 5 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.63 m Freezing level: 601.82 mb = 4420.72 m = 14503.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.26 mb = 4058.97 m = 13316.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.95 % Est. max temperature: 29.86 C = 85.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.91 mb = 2718.83 m = 8919.95 ft T: 14.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.66 C/km ThetaE index: 28.48 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.63 mb = 2952.42 m = 9686.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -7.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.29 C Showalter Index: -7.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 59.40 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.10 C K Index: 43.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 423.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2246.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.62 mb = 2756.24 m = 9042.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 701.62 mb = 3165.46 m = 10385.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.62 mb = 11939.36 m = 39170.65 ft B at Equ Level: 2233.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.62 mb = 16012.06 m = 52532.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.9 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 346.9 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 1.7 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.3 neg: -1.1 tot: 48.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 32.26 Bulk Shear: 69.62 m/s